printed by _T. H._ for _R. Meighen_ and are
to be sold | at his Shop, next to the Middle-Temple Gate, and in |
S. _Dunstan's_ Church-yard in _Fleet Street_. | 1630.

Q1 and Q2 are editions of an early sketch of the same play. The
variations between the text of these quartos and the received text are
so great that collation cannot be attempted. The text printed at the end
of the play is taken _literatim_ from Q1, the edition of 1602, of which
a copy is preserved among Capell's SHAKESPEARIANA, and this text is
collated _verbatim_ with Q2, the second quarto printed in 1619. Q1 was
reprinted in 1842 for the Shakespeare Society by Mr J. O. Halliwell.
This text, which differs in one or two places from Capell's Q1, has also
been collated. Q2 is given among TWENTY OF THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE,
edited by Steevens. Their titles are as follows:

(1) A | Most pleasaunt and | excellent conceited Co-|medie, of Syr
_John Falstaffe_, and the | Merrie Wiues of _Windsor_. | Enter-mixed
with sundrie | variable and pleasing humors of Syr _Hugh_ | the
Welch Knight, Justice _Shallow_, and his | wise Cousin M. _Slender_.
| With the Swaggering vaine of Auncient | _Pistoll_, and Corporall
_Nym_. | By _William Shakespeare_. | As it hath been diuers times
Acted by the right Honorable | my Lord Chamberlaines seruants. Both
before her | Maiestie, and else-where. | London. | Printed by T. C.
for Arthur Johnson, and are to be sold at | his shop in Powles
Church-yard, at the signe of the | Flower de Leuse and the Crowne.
| 1602.

[This consists of 7 Quires of 4. In the Quire G one line, which we have
included in brackets, has been cut away by the binder. We have supplied
it from Halliwell's edition and Q2.]

(2) A | Most pleasant and ex-|cellent Comedy, | _of Sir John
Falstaffe, and the | merry Wives of Windsor_. | With the swaggering
vaine of An|cient _Pistoll_, and Corporall _Nym_. | Written by
W. SHAKESPEARE. | Printed for _Arthur Johnson_, 1619.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE[1].

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.
FENTON, a gentleman.
SHALLOW, a country justice.
SLENDER, cousin to Shallow.
FORD, } two gentlemen dwelling at Windsor.
PAGE, }
WILLIAM PAGE, a boy, son to Page.
SIR HUGH EVANS, a Welsh parson.
DOCTOR CAIUS, a French physician.
Host of the Garter Inn.
BARDOLPH, }
PISTOL, } sharpers attending on Falstaff.
NYM, }
ROBIN, page to Falstaff.
SIMPLE, servant to Slender.
RUGBY